[Mimedefang] Hanging processes...

[J.P van Oyen]

Has anyone seen this effect :

running rc.mimedefang stop :

/etc/rc.d/rc.mimedefang stop
Shutting down mimedefang:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down mimedefang-multiplexor:                       [  OK  ]

But a ps aux :

defang     184  0.0  0.1  3676  768 ?        S    Aug01   0:01
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang -P /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.pid -m 
defang     185  0.0  0.1  3676  768 ?        S    Aug01   0:03
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang -P /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.pid -m 
defang     186  0.0  0.1  3676  768 ?        S    Aug01   0:00
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang -P /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.pid -m 

So some part keeps running in mem.

Running killall mimedefang :

defang     184  0.0  0.1  3676  768 ?        S    Aug01   0:01
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang -P /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.pid -m 
defang     185  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    Aug01   0:03 [mimedefang]
<defunct>

Now I need to kill -9 184 to get all removed....

Any hints or tips what could cause this behaviour ?

Slackware 8.1
Mimedefang 2.35
Sendmail 8.12.9


Rgds ....



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